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Sion (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 46 13 39 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.2274 decimal degrees |
| Long: 007 21 20 E degrees minutes |
Long: 7.3556 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on the Rhône River; became an episcopal see in 580; King Rudolf III of Burgundy made the bishop a count of the Valais in 999; site of the pilgrimage church of St. Catherine. |
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| Sion (preferred,C,V,French,U)
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| Sitten (C,V,German,U)
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| Sedunum (H,V,Latin,U)
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Sion (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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inhabited in Roman times |
| town (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Petit Chasseur .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Europe, Switzerland, Valais) [6005487] |
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